PERSONAL: Born July 20, 1989, in San
Diego. ... Son of Arthur and Rhonda Saladino. .. Has one
brother, Craig.

ACADEMICS: Carried a 3.1 grade-point average
at University City High School. ... Is a
undecided major at Palomar, carrying a 2.9 grade-point
average.

2009
SEASON: First-team CCCBCA All-American,
CCCBCA All-State and All-Pacific Coast Conference. ...
Also selected to the American Baseball Coaches
Association Pacific Division All-American first team.
... Pacific Coast Conference Player of the
Year and PCC Defensive Player of the Year. ... Also was
Palomar's Most Valuable Player and Gold Glove Award
winner. ... Batted 453
during the regular season, .364 in the post-season and
.441 on the year, fourth on the all-time Palomar
single-season list. ... . ... Hitting .441 two games
into the post-season. ... Batted an incredible .616 in
20 Pacific Coast Conference games to lead the conference
and shatter the Palomar single-season record, destroying
Erich Kemp's (University of Utah) old Palomar record of
.483 by 133 points in the process. ... His .two-year
.399 career batting average ranks him No. 4 on the
all-time Palomar list. ... Set a Palomar record with 58
runs scored. ... Also tied the Palomar mark with 37 runs
scored in conference games and tied the career
record with a two-year total of 95. ... Tied for fourth
on the all-time single-season list with 71 hits, tied
for third on the all-time list with 45 hits in
conference games and moved to sixth on the all-time
career list with 118. Had a club-leading 14 doubles two
triples, two home runs and 33 RBIs . ... Started
45 games at third base and primarily shortstop
while missing five others due
to injuries. ... Compiled a .590 slugging percentage on the season, finishing at .767 in the
conference). ... Was 34-for-55 from Feb. 14 through
March 31. ... Had streaks during the season when
he had eight hits in eight consecutive at-bats (in
early March) and 14 hits in 14 consecutive at-bats (in
late March). ... Was 21-for-36 at-bats the first week
of March and was
selected as Pacific Coast Conference Athlete of the Week
for all sports for the week ending March 8 after hitting
in eight straight plate appearances. ... Had 10 hits in his last 12 at-bats
going into the Comets' April 23 game at Southwestern.
... Has walked
24
times while being hit by 12 pitches and has on-base
percentages of .546 (season) and .705 (conference games). ... Has
stolen 12 bases for 14 attempts to lead the team, and
also has 12 successful sacrifice bunts. ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a walk and a sacrifice bunt in
a 12-7 win over Los Angeles Pierce on Feb. 14. ... Was
2-for-3 with a home run, five runs scored, five RBIs, a
hit-by-pitch and a sacrifice bunt as the Comets went on
the road and routed Rio Hondo 22-2 on Feb. 14. ...
Helped lead the Comets to a 12-5 over an 8-1 Mt. San
Jacinto team on the road on Feb 19 as he went 2-for-3,
drove in two runs, scored three, tripled, reached base
as a hit batter and stole a base. ... Was 2-for-4 with a
double against Grossmont, which has been ranked as high
as No. 3 in Southern California, on May 3.... Went
3-for-3, scored three runs, walked and stole two bases
in a 13-0 win over host Imperial Valley on March 5. ...
Was 3-for-3, scored twice, contributed a sacrifice bunt
and stole a base in a 12-3 victory over the Arabs on
March 7. ... Singled, scored two runs, was hit by two
pitches and stole a base in a 7-1 win over San Diego
City College on March 10. ... Went 3-for-4 in a 14-1
victory over the Knights on March 12 in San Diego with a
walk and two runs scored. ... Went 4-for-4 with an RBI
and a run scored in a 9-2 win over Southwestern, which
came into the game ranked No. 1 in Southern California,
on March 21. ... Went 4-for-4 again, with a triple, an
RBI and two times being hit by pitches on March 24 as
the Comets went on the road and topped the No. 1 Jaguars
again 10-6. ... Was 4-for-4 for the third straight game
on March 26, with a double and two RBIs, as Palomar,
ranked No. 3 in Southern California, turned back No. 4
ranked Grossmont 5-4 in 10 innings in a battle for the
undisputed conference lead. ... Finally saw his
consecutive-hit streak of 14 hits in 14 at-bats stopped
on March 28, winding up 1-for-2 with two runs, three
walks and one hit-by-pitch, as the Comets went on the
road and beat the Griffins again 10-7 to open up a
two-game lead in the conference race. ... Went 3-for-6
with a double, a walk, four RBIs and four runs scored in
a 25-2 win at Imperial Valley on March 31. ... Was
2-for-4 and scored two runs vs. Mt. San Jacinto on April
7. ... Doubled and scored Palomar's second run on April
8 as the Comets, ranked No. 2 in Southern California,
knocked off No. 1 Orange Coast 2-0. ... Dove into the
infield dirt to his right to make a spectacular grab of
a sinking line drive between short and third for the
game's final on April 9 out as the Comets pinned a 7-3
loss on Mt. San Jacinto, which entered the game with a
27-5 record and a 12-game winning streak. .. Went
3-for-5 with a first-inning home run, three RBIs and
three runs scored on April 14 as the Comets downed
host San Diego City College 17-5 to stretch their lead
over second-place Grossmont in the conference race to three games with seven to play.
... Was 2-for-5 with two RBIs in a 7-2 win over
San Diego City on April 16. ... Went 4-for-5, doubled
and scored three runs as the Comets came from behind to
beat San Diego Mesa 7-6 on April 18. ... Came right back
to go 5-for-6 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs
scored as the Comets clinched no worse than a tie for
the conference championship with a 16-1 rout of Mesa on
April 21. ... Singled, walked twice and went 1-for-2 on
April 25 as the Southern California No. 1-ranked Comets
beat Southwestern 4-2 at Myers Field to clinch the PCC
championship outright. ... Went 2-for-4, doubled and
drove in a run as the Comets opened the Palomar Super
Regional with a 5-0 victory over Mt. SAC on May 15. ...
Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against Santa Ana
on May 16. ... Doubled in a run in a 7-3 victory over
Long Beach later the same day. ... Was 2-for-4 in the
Super Regional championship game vs. Santa Ana on May
17, batting ... Hit .438 in four Super Regional
games (7-for-16).

2008
SEASON: First-team All-Pacific Coast Conference
selection. ... Batted .348 playing in 45 games and
starting 41 as a true freshman, with 16 doubles, two
triples, four home runs and 33 RBIs, the latter to
lead the team. Had a .585 slugging percentage, also
to lead the club. ... Third on the team with 37 runs
scored and was No. 2 on the team in successful sacrifice
bunts with 37. ...
Had seven steals in 11 attempts to tie for the team
lead. ... Hit .350 in Pacific Coast Conference games
with 11 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 22 RBIs. ... Doubled to drive in the Comets' first run
of the season in their opening game at Cypress on Jan.
26. ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in a
10-0 win over Ventura on Feb. 1. ... Went 2-for-3,
tripled, doubled, scored three runs, drove in a run and
walked twice in a 13-5 rout of Ventura on Feb. 8. ...
Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs as the Comets
downed Grossmont 8-6 on Feb. 28 on the road. ... Was
2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs in a 13-4 victory at
San Diego Mesa on March 11. ... Went 2-for-3 with three
runs scored in a 10-4 victory over San Joaquin Delta on
March 20. ... Went 4-for-4, doubled, scored three runs
and drove in four in a 13-5 win at San Bernardino Valley
on March 21. ... Singled to left field with two out in
the top of the ninth inning to drive in the tying and
winning runs in a 9-8 road victory over Grossmont. Was
3-for-4 for the game with a walk, three RBIs and two
runs scored. ... Went 2-for-5 with a double in a 7-2 win
at Imperial Valley on April 3. ... Helped lead the
Comets' to a 14-2 victory over the Arabs on April 5,
when he went 2-for-3, doubled twice, drove in a run on a
sacrifice fly, scored three runs and also had a
sacrifice bunt. ... Went 2-for-5, doubled and drove in
two runs in a 6-2 road win over San Diego City
College on April 8. ... Doubled to drive in three runs,
including the tying run and winning run, as the Comets
scored five times in the bottom of the eighth to beat
San Diego Mesa 8-4 on April 17. Was 2-for-3 for the
game with three RBIs and two runs scored. Also stole a
base and was hit by a pitch. ... Hit a three-run home
run over the rightfield fence on April 19 at Grossmont,
breaking open an 11-6 victory over the Griffins. ...
Went 3-for-4, doubled, was hit by a pitch, drove in a
run and scored a run vs. Grossmont on April 22. ... Went
3-for-5 with two doubles in a 4-1 victory over Imperial
Valley on May 1.

HIGH
SCHOOL BASEBALL: Played three seasons for coach Jeff Dufek
at University City. ... Was a second-team All-Western
League selection in both 2006 and 2007.